Violator – acoustic and alternative live versions from over the years

There have been plenty of official remixes of the singles from Violator (and countless unofficial ones).

World In My Eyes, Personal Jesus, Enjoy The Silence and Policy Of Truth have also been reworked slightly for their respective live outings over the years, since first being aired on the World Violation Tour in 1990.

Most of the remaining tracks from Violator have all featured on-the-road, too, with Halo and Waiting For The Night in particular both being played during tours in the 2000 and 2010s.

But it is worth remembering that, despite being an “electronic band”, Depeche have also stripped down many songs from Violator over the years into acoustic or bare versions.

Some have made their way onto tours, others re-recorded for live special studio clips.

So, here is a collection of different versions of almost every song from Violator.

World In My Eyes

*** if someone can point us in the direction of an acoustic or fundamentally different live version of World In My Eyes, we’d be very grateful 🙂 ***

Sweetest Perfection

World Violation Tour, 1990

Personal Jesus

Violator recording sessions, 1989

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, 2005

Halo

Delta Machine Tour, Bilbao, 2013

Waiting For The Night

Playing The Angel recording sessions, 2005

Tour Of The Universe, 2009 (watch out for Martin’s slip-up and his trademark giggle as a result)

Enjoy The Silence

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, 1998

Policy Of Truth

Dave Gahan’s Paper Monsters Tour, 2003

Blue Dress

World Violation Tour, 1990

Clean

Playing The Angel recording sessions, 2005

And, for their sheer brilliance on the World Violation Tour in 1990, Martin’s acoustic guitar versions of I Want You Now and Little 15 (from Music For The Masses), and World Full Of Nothing and Here Is The House (from Black Celebration).